Background
Pearson, Walter Leonard was born on November 18, 1945 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Walter Leonard Senior and Bernice Cecile (Davis) Pearson.
Pearson, Walter Leonard was born on November 18, 1945 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Walter Leonard Senior and Bernice Cecile (Davis) Pearson.
Bachelor in Religion, Oakwood College, 1967; postgraduate, Georgia State University, 1990-1991; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Union Theological Seminary, 1972; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Union Theological Seminary, 1973.
Associate pastor, Glenville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Cleveland, 1968-1970; pastor, Northwestern Virginia District of Seventh-Day Adventists, Charlottesville, 1970-1972; pastor, Ethan Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Dayton, Ohio., 1972-1974; urban ministries director, Allegheny West Conference Seventh-Day Adventists, Columbus, Ohio., 1974-1978; pastor, Macedonia Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1978-1980; pastor, North Philadelphia Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1980-1985; pastor, Berean Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Atlanta, since 1985. Board directors Oakwood College, Pine Force Academy, Larchwood School, South Atlantic Conference Seventh-Day Adventists. Speaker Daybreak television, 1981, Berean Church worship services, 1986.
Married November 26, 1967. Children: Ericca Loi, Walter Leonard III.